Bottle-washing machine.



T. 1. LAMPE. BOTTLE WASHING MACHINE. APPLICATION man MAR. 9. 1914.

Patented May 8,1917.

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T. J. LAMPE.

BOTTLE WASHING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 9. 1914.

1,225,653 Patented May 8,1917. I

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TADEUSZ JAN LAMPE, 0F WARSAW, RUSSIA.

BOTTLE-WASHING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 8, 1917.

Application filed March 9, 1914. Serial No. 823,514.

To (/71 air/"tom it 'may/ 00711301'72 Be it known that I, TADEUSZ JANLAMPE, a subject of the Czar of Russia, residing at Warsaw, Russia, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottle-fashing Machines,of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to bottle-washing machines, in which the bottleshave imparted to them a longitudinal as well as a rotatory motion.

A primary object of this invention is to provide an improved machine forsoaking and rinsing bottles, provision being made for isolating thebottles from one another, and the danger of breaking the bottles beingobviated. Further, the bottles are adequately guided by the pressurewhich is imparted to the middle part of the bottle by a spirally formedactuating means so as to facilitate movement of the bottleslongitudinally of the apparatus.

To these ends, the invention consists in the construction, arrangementand combination of parts described hereinafter and pointed out in theclaims.

One embodiment of the invention and a modification thereof arerepresented by way of example in the accompanying drawings, whereinFigure 1 is a cross-section through one form of my improved machinetaken on the line AA in Fig. 2 as seen in the direction of the arrow,

Fig. 2 is a horizontal section taken on the line BB in Fig. 1, and

Fig. 3 is a similar horizontal section of a modified form of themachine.

Referring to the drawings, according to the invention a compartmentbounded by siX walls is formed for each bottle. For this purpose a drum5 is keyed on a shaft 8 which is journaled in bearings 1 of a containeror receptacle 2 filled with the rinsing liquid, and can be rotated by adriving pulley 4. This drum comprises a perforated casing 6 carrying anumber of radial boards or vanes 6 of wood or sheet-metal rigidlyconnected by any means such as angle irons (one only of which is shownand designated 7) with the casing 6" mounted on the rims 8 of two wheels9 secured to keys 10 on the shaft 8. The bearing 1 carries a second drum12 which likewise comprises a perforated casing 13 and a number ofradial boards or vanes 13 suitably connected together by means of arms14 and preferably by rings 15, 16. The number of boards 13 correspondsto that of the boards 6 of the drum 5, the boards 13 lying radially inline with the boards 6 the arrangement being such that when the drums 5and 12 rotate simultaneously and synchronously each compartment 17 isalined or registers with a corresponding compartment 18. Between thedrums 5 and 12 is a fixedly mounted worm 20 preferably made of flatiron. The ends of the worm are rigidly connected by angle irons 21 orthe like to the fixed bearings 1.

The drum 12 is prevented from shifting axially by rings 28, and in orderto rotate it synchronously with the drum 5 the ring or rim 16 ispreferably provided with teeth 22 which mesh with a pinion 23 which isdriven by means of the gear wheel 24 on the shaft 25 of thesprocket-wheel 26 by the sprocket-wheel 27 rigidly mounted on the shaft3. As the speed of the drums is not great the bottles can be readilyinserted durrotation and preferably just above the end 29 of the worm(Fig. 1) through apertures in the casing 13 into the compartments 17,18, so that said bottles take up the position as indicated at 31 andshown in Fig. 1. Each bottle is then located on the one hand between twopairs of walls or boards 13 and 6 and on the other hand between twothreads of the worm 20, so that it is located in a separate compartmentconsisting of siX walls and is completely isolated from the adjacentbottles so that fracture of the bottles is rendered practicallyimpossible. Further, as the bottom of each bottle bears against thecasing 13 of the drum and as the latter participates in the rotarymovement, the forward movement of the bottles takes place with a minimumexpenditure of power; also, owing to the action of the pressure on themiddle part of the bottle provision is made for the best possibleforward movement, and, lastly, when the bottle arrives at the end of theapparatus it is readily ejected from the container, so that removal byhand is unnecessary. The dirty liquid can be removed from the containerthrough an outlet 30.

Referring now to Fig. 3, this form of my improved machine comprises adrum which possesses no perforated casing and is only formed bylongitudinally and radially disposed boardsor vanes 32 connectedtogether by rings 33. This drum is rota- 7 with reference to Figs. 1 and2, the shaft 7 tably mounted on the bearings 3a of a stationarycylindrical container 47 and is driven'by a sprocket-wheel 86 and gearwheels 37 one of which meshes with the toothed rim 88 f the drum. Incontradistinction to the; machine described above 89 is mounted fixedlyin "the bearings 34:

and carries near one end a wheel 40, on

which a worm 41 of U-section is mounted;

This worm maybe supported nearer the other end of the container byanother wheel 4:2. A second worm 4L3, likewise 'of U-section butsomewhat broader than thefirst V the container and falls out cleanthrough an aperture 46 provided below the hori zontal plane passing.through the axis of the drum. In this form of machine each bottle isalso inserted into a compartment formed by six walls, and provision ismade for the most suitable forward movement of the bottles. 1

I claim: or

1. In a bottle washing machine, the; combination of a liquid holdingreceptacle, a shaft mounted therein, inner and outer revoluble membersmounted on said shaft, each of said members being provided with spacedbottle engaging elements, spirally formed means intermediate thespacedrevoluble members and relatively stationary with respect thereto, saidspiral means being adapted to engage the bottles and to cause movementthereof longitudinally of the receptacle upon actuation of the revolublemeans aforesaid. I

2. In a bottle-washing machine the combination of a cylindrical trough,adapted to be filled with a cleansing liquid, a shaft rotatably mountedtherein, two cylinders rotatably arranged within'the trough, the onecylinder lying within the other andbeing provided with external axiallyextend- 111g and radially disposed vanes, the outer cylinder beingprovided with 1nternal axially extending and radially disposed vaneslying in radial line with the vanes of the r inner cylinder, astationary worm between the two sets of vanes, and means adapted torotate the two cylinders correspondingly Y and with the same velocity.

3. In a bottle-washing machine che ombination of a cylindrical trough,adapted to be filled with a cleansing liquid, a shaft rotatably mountedtherein, two cylinders, the onetbeingrotatably mounted on the saidshaft, the other being rotatably mount- 7 ed on projecting hubs of thesaid trough,

the cylinders lying one within the other,

the inner cylinder being provided withex- 'ternal axially extending andradially disthe two cylinders correspondingly and'with 'the samevelocity.

4. In bottle-washing machine, the com- 3 bination of a cylindricaltrough, adapted to be filled with cleansing liquid,.a shaft rotatably'mounted therein, two cylinders, the one being rotatably mounted on, thesaid shaft, the other being rotatably mounted on projecting hubs of thesaid trough,

the cylinders lying one within the other, the inner cylinderbeingprovided with ex; tern'al axially extending and radially disposedvanes, the outer cylinder being provided with internal axially extendingand radially disposedvanes lying in radial line with the vanes of theinner cylinder, a stationary Worm between the two sets of vanes, theworm being fixed to the said hubs of the said casing, and meansradaptedto rotate the two cylinders correspondingly with the same velocity, theinner cylinder being driven by directly rotating the shaft,'and theouter being provided with teeth engaged by a member positively connectedwith the driving means actuating the, said shaft. 7 r

In testimony whereof I aflix my'signature" in presence of two witnesses.7

TADEUSZ J AN. L'AMPE,

- \Vitnesses:

' ALFRED HYMDES,

THOMAS MILES.

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